Category: Advocacy

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Health Select Committee presentation

6 November 2024

Andrew Malcolm, President of the Funeral Directors Association, and CEO Gillian Boyes, presented to the Health Select Committee. This meeting offered a vital platform to address claims made by Death without Debt and to share insights on areas we believe require thoughtful consideration for better deathcare outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

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Briefing for Incoming Minister - Louise Upston, Minister of Social Development and Employment

6 December 2023 

We all die. But death shouldn’t have to lead to poor mental health outcomes or debt for those left behind.
We have ideas about how this Government could show a human face on death in a containable way in terms of fiscal risk. 

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Why aren't politicians facing the other big inevitable topic?

12 September 2023

Taxes are getting a lot of focus in this year’s election. But that other big inevitable, death, remains the topic MPs seem steadfastly keen to ignore.

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